Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Robert Cavooris: Obama’s Final Stopover: Ignoring CAFTA Protests in San Salvador

1. Rowland, Kara. "Obama Vows Salvadoran Aid, Immigration Reform." Washington Times. 22 Mar. 2011. Web. 23 Mar. 2011. .

2. "About ICSID." International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. World Bank. Web. 21 Mar. 2011. .

3. "El Dorado, El Salvador." Pacific Rim Mining Corp. Pacific Rim Mining Corp. Web. 22 Mar. 2011. .

4. Notice of Arbitration: Pac Rim Cayman LLC. v. Republic of El Salvador, Art. 1, sec. 2..

5.Agencia ACAN-EFE. "Saca No Permitirá Extracción Minera Hasta Tener Diagnóstico." Radio La Primerísima. 15 July 2008. Web. 21 Mar. 2011.

6.Agencia EFE. “Saca se opone a explotación minera y confia en ganar posible arbitraje.” Conflictos Mineros. 3 March 2009. Web. 21 Mar. 2011.

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8. Montecinos, Iván C. "Minería Verde: Un Proyecto De Muerte." DiarioCoLatino.com. 10 July 2008. Web. 21 Mar. 2011. .

9. Gutiérrez, Raúl.

10.Gutiérrez, Raúl

11. Notice of Arbitration: Pac Rim Cayman LLC. v. Republic of El Salvador Art. I. sec. 9-10.

12. Notice of Arbitration: Pac Rim Cayman LLC. v. Republic of El Salvador, Art VIII. sec. 123.

13. Kay, Adam A. "El Salvador Raises Preliminary Objections to Jurisdiction of ICSID Tribunal in CAFTA Mining Claim." Investment Arbitration Reporter. 17 Jan. 2010. Web. 21 Mar. 2011. .

14. Witness Statement of Thomas C. Shrake. sec. 13.

15. 2007 Annual Report. Pacific Rim Mining Corp. 12.

16. Qtd in Wang, Vivian H.W. “Investor Protection or Environmental Protection? ‘Green’ Development under CAFTA.” Colombia Journal of Environmental Law 32.209. 2007. Accessed through LexisNexis Academic. 21 Mar. 2011.

17. Application for Permission to Proceed as Amici Curae: Center for International Environmental Law. 2011.

18. Letter to President Obama on the Occasion of his trip to El Salvador. Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador.

Gonzalo Turdera: Chevron Refutes an Old Inheritance

1. Ecuador Judge Orders Chevron to Pay $9 Billion. February 14, 2011, March 22, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/world/americas/15ecuador.html

2. Chevron press release, February 14, 2011, February 20th 2011, http://www.chevron.com/chevron/pressreleases/article/02142011_illegitimatejudgmentagainstchevroninecuadorlawsuit.news

3. Mercedes Alvaro, Ecuadorian Plaintiffs in Chevron Case appeal, FOXBusiness, February 17th 2011, march 3rd 2011, http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2011/02/17/ecuadorean-plaintiffs-chevron-case-appeal-court-ruling/

4. Tim Padgett & Stephan Küffner, Chevron v. Ecuador: will plaintiffs get paid?, New York Times, February 22nd 2011, February 22nd 2011, http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2053075,00.html

5. Ecuadorian Farce, Published Monday April 7, 2008.Latinbuisnesschronical.com,March 22, 2011.

6. Frente de Defenza de Amazonia, Trial History Fact, July 20th 2008, February 20th, http://www.texacotoxico.org/

7. “60 minutes”, NBC 2009, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKOS0Fwk4LU&feature=player_embedded

8. Chevron Toxico, “Historic trial: $27 Billion Damages Assessment, February 23rd 2011, http://chevrontoxico.com/about/historic-trial/27-billion-damages-assessment.html

9. Tim Padgett & Stephan Küffner, Chevron v. Ecuador: will plaintiffs get paid?, New York Times, February 22nd 2011, February 22nd 2011, http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2053075,00.html

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Augustus Urschel: Building Momentum but Problems Remain for the Colombia: U.S. Free Trade Agreement

1. Alsema, Adriann. "Obama offers no timetable for Colombia FTA in State of the Union." Colombia Reports. January 25, 2011. http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/economy/13929-obama-offers-no-timetable-for-colombia-fta-in-state-of-the-union.html.

2. LatinNews. "Colombia & Panama FTAs on the agenda." Latinnews Daily. February 10, 2011. http://www.latinnews.com/ldb/LDB22577.asp?instance=4.

3. Schneider, Howard. "GOP presses Obama on Panama, Colombia trade pacts." The Washington Post. February 9, 2011. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/09/AR2011020907666.html.

4. Human Rights Watch. "World Report 2011: Colombia." January 2011. http://www.hrw.org/en/world-report-2011/world-report-2011-colombia.

5. Human Rights Watch. "World Report 2011: Colombia." January 2011. http://www.hrw.org/en/world-report-2011/world-report-2011-colombia.

6. Fletcher, Pascal. "U.S. aims Latam trade accords to Congress by mid-year." Reuters. February 14, 2011. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/15/us-usa-trade-latam-idUSTRE71E0CT20110215.

7. Heyden, Tom. "US delegation will visit Colombia to analyze FTA." Colombia Reports. February 14, 2011. http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/economy/14354-us-delegation-will-visit-colombia-to-analyze-fta.html.

8. Needham, Vicki. "Senate still deadlocked over proceeding on extending trade programs." The Hill. February 17, 2011. http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1005-trade/144841-senate-still-deadlocked-over-proceeding-on-extending-trade-programs.

9. Needham, Vicki. "Senate still deadlocked over proceeding on extending trade programs." The Hill. February 17, 2011. http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/1005-trade/144841-senate-still-deadlocked-over-proceeding-on-extending-trade-programs.

10. Heyden, Tom. "US delegation will visit Colombia to analyze FTA." Colombia Reports. February 14, 2011. http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/economy/14354-us-delegation-will-visit-colombia-to-analyze-fta.html.

11. Heyden, Tom. "US delegation will visit Colombia to analyze FTA." Colombia Reports. February 14, 2011. http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/economy/14354-us-delegation-will-visit-colombia-to-analyze-fta.html.

12. Murphy, Helen. "Panama, Colombia Trade Deal Delays Cost U.S. Jobs, Lugar Says." Bloomberg Businessweek. February 8, 2011. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-08/panama-colombia-trade-deal-delays-cost-u-s-jobs-lugar-says.html.

13. The Ttalk. "The stalled FTA, A Colombian View." September 18, 2008. http://www.ttalk.biz/TTQ_20080918.htm.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Shantel Beach: The Race for Arctic Sovereignty Part I

1. Levon Sevunts, “As Arctic Ice Melts, Canada Reasserts Sovereignty Over Its ‘Northwest Passage’,” World & I 20:1 (2005): 15.

2. Rob Huebert, “United States Arctic Policy: The Reluctant Arctic Power,” University of Calgary School of Public Policy Briefing Papers 2:2 (2009): 8.

3. Secretary of State for External Affairs Joe Clark, “Canada: Statement Concerning Arctic Sovereignty,” Reproduced from Statement 85/49 in the House of Commons, International Legal Materials 24:6 (1985):1724-1725.

4. Donald McRae, “Arctic sovereignty: What’s at stake?” Behind the Headlines 64:1 (2007): 7.

5. http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/canadasoceans-oceansducanada/marinezones-zonesmarines-eng.htm

6. McRae, “Arctic sovereignty,” 4.

7. Richard D. Parker and Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi, “Emerging legal concerns in the Arctic sovereignty, navigation and land claim disputes,” Polar Record 46:239 (2010): 338.

8. McRae, “Arctic sovereignty,” 9.

9. Ibid, 7.

10. Sevunts, “As the Arctic,”15.

11. Rob Huebert, “The shipping news part II: How Canada’s Arctic sovereignty is on thinning ice,” International Journal 58:3 (2003): 295-308.

12. David Akin, “Stephen Harper flexes military, political muscle on Arctic visit,” Canwest News Service, 18 August 2009, www.canada.com/.

13. Akin, “Stephen Harper flexes military.”

14. Hannes Gerhardt et al., “Contested Sovereignty in a Changing Arctic,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 100:4 (2010): 994.

15. Huebert, “The shipping,” 305.

16. Franklyn Griffiths, “The shipping news: Canada’s Arctic sovereignty not on thinning ice,” International Journal 58:2 (2003): 274.

17. Huebert, “United States Arctic Policy,” 8.

18. Huebert, “The shipping news,” 297.

19. Sevunts, “As the Arctic,” 15.

20. Parker, “Emerging legal concerns,” 344.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Keven Dickey, Kelsey Strain and Elcin Chang: Obama's Long Overdue Relationship with Latin America

1. Office of the Press Secretary. The United States and the 2009 Summit of the Americas: Securing our citizens’ future. The White House. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/The-United-States-and-the-2009-Summit-of-the-Americas-Securing-Our-Citizens-Future/ (Accessed March 7, 2011).

2. Griswold, Daniel. 2009. The US embargo of Cuba is a failure. The Guardian Weekly, June 15, World News section. Online edition. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jun/15/cuba-us-trade-embargo-obama (accessed March 7, 2011)

3. Ruiz-Goiriena, Romina. 2009. Could the U.S.-Cuba travel ban end soon. Time Inc., November 4, World section. Online edition. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1934416,00.html (accessed March 7, 2011)

4. Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. United States support for Colombia: Plan Colombia. Department of State. http://www.state.gov/www/regions/wha/colombia/fs_000328_plancolombia.html (accessed March 7, 2011).

5. Walser, Ray. 2010. Colombia and Obama’s Latin America policy: Time to close ranks and support a friend. The Heritage Foundation, no. 2439, pp. 13. http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2010/pdf/bg2439.pdf (accessed March 7, 2011).

6. Cambio. Los enviados del Pentágono. CEET. http://www.cambio.com.co/portadacambio/835/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR_CAMBIO-5569679.html (accessed March 7, 2011).

7. Caroll, Rory and Ewen McAskill. Outcry in South America over US military base pact. The Guardian Weekly. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/27/anger-america-colombia-bases-deal (accessed March 7, 2011).

8. Latin American Andean Group Report. 2011. Colombia: FARC promise a military escalation in 2011. Latin American Newsletters, no. 1. http://www.latinnews.com/lra/LRA22528.asp?instance=6 (accessed March 7, 2011)

9. Obama, Barack. Renewing U.S. leadership in the Americas. Organizing for America. http://www.barackobama.com/2008/05/23/remarks_of_senator_barack_obam_68.php (accessed March 7, 2011)

10. Calderón, Felipe Hinojosa. II: Las causas del problema. Presidencia de la Republica, Mexico. http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/prensa/lucha_seguridad_publica/causas.html (accessed March 7, 2011)

11. The World Factbook. Colombia. Central Intelligence Agency. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html (accessed March 7, 2011)

12. Isacson, Adam. International counternarcotics policies: Do they reduce domestic consumption or advance other foreign policy goals? Domestic Policy Subcommittee. Oversight and Government Reform Committee. http://www.justf.org/files/primarydocs/100716_isacson_testimony.pdf (accessed March 7, 2011)

13. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. UNODC homicide statistics. http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/homicide.html (accessed March 7, 2011)

14. Cardoso, Fernando Henrique, César Gaviria and Ernesto Zedillo. Drogas y Democracia: hacia un cambio de paradigma. a Comisión Latinoamericana sobre Drogas y Democracia. http://www.drogasedemocracia.org/Arquivos/livro_espanhol_04.pdf (accessed March 8, 2011).

15. Kerlikowske, Gil. Remarks by White House Drug Policy Director, Gil Kerlikowske. Embassy of Colombia. http://colombiaemb.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1040&Itemid=172 (accessed March 8, 2011).

16. Hansen, David J. Drug Abuse Resistance Education: The Effectiveness of DARE. D. J. Hansen.http://www.alcoholfacts.org/DARE.html (accessed March 8, 2011).

17. Feingold, Russell, Christopher Dodd and Patrick Leahy. Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. January 21, 2010. http://justf.org/files/primarydocs/100121sena.pdf (accessed March 8, 2011)

18. Associated Press. US envoy called Honduran prez rebellious teen. Fox News, December 11, 2010. World section. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/12/11/envoy-said-honduran-president-crime-ties/ (accessed March 9, 2011)

19. Padgett, Tim. Honduras Quagmire: An interview with Zelaya. Time Inc., September 26, 2009. World section. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1926383,00.html (accessed March 9, 2011)

20. BBC News. Brazil urges action on Honduras. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8271309.stm (accessed March 9, 2011)

21. Casas-Zamora, Kevin. No victory for Democrazy in Honduras. The Brookings
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Monday, March 07, 2011

Megan McAdams: Bloodshed in Guatemala as Cartels and Street Gangs Wage War

1. http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/18/2074464/guatemala-ends-siege-in-drug-plagued.html

2. http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE6BP1J820101226

3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122100366.html, http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2010/12/21/guatemala-drugs-zetas-state-seige

4. http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE6BP1J820101226

5. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122100366.html

6. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70H5KT20110119

7. http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/02/18/2074464/guatemala-ends-siege-in-drug-plagued.html

8. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11989399

9. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11989399

10. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70H5KT20110119

11. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12385301

12. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12385301

13. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12385301

14. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/photoblog/2010/12/violence_in_guatemala_daniel_leclairs_story.html

15. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/briefs/articles/90029797?Guatemala%20police%20arrest%20female%20gang%20member%20in%20bus%20bombing%20that%20killed%207

16. http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/06/mexico.drug.cartels/index.html

17. http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2010/12/23/guatemala-transfers-cops-embattled-province/

18. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704062604576106454103477770.html